Chios Massacre
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Location2 | Chios |
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Start date | April 1822 |
Victim | 25,000 died; 45,000 enslaved; 10,000–20,000 fled |
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ID | 1124902 |
About Chios Massacre
The Chios massacre was a catastrophe that resulted in the death, enslavement, and flight of about four-fifths of the total population of Greeks on the island of Chios by Ottoman troops, during the Greek War of Independence in 1822.